diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/courseware/masquerade.py b/lms/djangoapps/courseware/masquerade.py
index 6ea39bb9f79d..b197d9d5c9c3 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/courseware/masquerade.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/courseware/masquerade.py
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ def get(self, request, course_key_string):
                 'group_id': course.group_id,
                 'role': course.role,
                 'user_name': course.user_name or None,
+                'user_email': User.objects.get(username=course.user_name).email if course.user_name else '',
                 'user_partition_id': course.user_partition_id,
             },
             'available': [